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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 Mar 1994.
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| | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __|   / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \
| |_| \__ \  __/ | | |  __/ |_   / ___ \| | | (__| | | | |\ V /  __/
 \___/|___/\___|_| |_|\___|\__| /_/   \_\_|  \___|_| |_|_| \_/ \___|
LIN - Samples from the archive 2.0 (about 36 K)

LIN - Samples from the archive 2.0 (about 36 K)

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 23 Mar 1994
Bob Allison <bob...@gagme.wwa.com> ASCII art 23 Mar 1994 18:35 · raw headers · report
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:::::::::::::::::::::::A S C I I   A R T   A R C H I V E (TM) ::::::::::::::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::2.0 Samples - Part 1 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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..............
.___..........
.\_ \......__.
...\ \..../ /.
....\ \/\/ /..
.....\_/\_/... elcome.  Here are some samples of the goodies in version 2.0 of
ye olde Scarecrow's archive.

   I've included 'From:' lines to tell who emailed or posted the piece(s).
In many cases, the person who sends or posts the art is not the creator.
The sender's comments are in quotes.  My comments appear in brackets.
Anything else came as part of the art.

   Thanks to all of you who have emailed me with art to include.

   Send comments, suggestions and ascii art to: bob...@gagme.wwa.com
        ^^^^^^^^  ""''"""""""     ~~~~~~~~~
   Enjoy!


Scarecrow


______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________


____
From: jor...@Notwerk.mcs.com (Jorn Barger)


-_                 _-_                 _-_      .
   \             /     \             /     \    .
    \           /       \           /       \   .
_ _ _\ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ \ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ \ _.
      \       /           \       /           \ .
       \     /             \     /             \.
         -_-                 -_-                .


[I believe this next one is a diamond.]
    _________
   /|\     /|\
  / |  \ /  | \
 /__|__/ \__|__\
|\  |  | |  |  /|
| \ |----|--| / |
| /\-\---|---/\ |
|/_____|\|_____\|
 \  |  \ /  |  /
  \ |  / \  | /
   \|/     \|/
    --------


[Cool.]
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____
From: s11...@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Rowan Crawford)
[Nice font.  I (and others) have used it for a sig.]

    .aMMMb   dMMMMb   .aMMMb   dMMMMb   dMMMMMP  dMMMMMP  .aMMMMP
   dMP"dMP  dMP"dMP  dMP"VMP  dMP VMP  dMP      dMP      dMP"
  dMMMMMP  dMMMMK"  dMP      dMP dMP  dMMMP    dMMMP    dMP MMP"
 dMP dMP  dMP.aMF  dMP.aMP  dMP.aMP  dMP      dMP      dMP.dMP
dMP dMP  dMMMMP"   VMMMP"  dMMMMP"  dMMMMMP  dMP       VMMMP"

    dMP dMP  dMP  dMMMMMP  dMP dMP  dMP      dMMMMMMMMb   dMMMMb
   dMP dMP  amr      dMP  dMP.dMP  dMP      dMP"dMP"dMP  dMP dMP
  dMMMMMP  dMP      dMP  dMMMMK"  dMP      dMP dMP dMP  dMP dMP
 dMP dMP  dMP  dK .dMP  dMP"AMF  dMP      dMP dMP dMP  dMP dMP
dMP dMP  dMP   VMMMP"  dMP dMP  dMMMMMP  dMP dMP dMP  dMP dMP

   .aMMMb   dMMMMb   .aMMMb   dMMMMb   .dMMMb  dMMMMMMP  dMP dMP
  dMP"dMP  dMP.dMP  dMP"dMP  dMP.dMP  dMP" VP    dMP    dMP dMP
 dMP dMP  dMMMMP"  dMP.dMP  dMMMMK"   VMMMb     dMP    dMP dMP
dMP.aMP  dMP      dMP.MMP  dMP"AMF  dP .dMP    dMP    dMP.aMP
VMMMP"  dMP       VMMP"MP dMP dMP   VMMMP"    dMP     VMMMP"

  dMP dMP  dMP dMP dMP  dMP dMP  dMP dMP  dMMMMMP
 dMP dMP  dMP dMP dMP  dMK.dMP  dMP.dMP    .dMP"
dMP dMP  dMP dMP dMP  .dMMMK"   VMMMMP   .dMP"
YMvAP"  dMP.dMP.dMP  dMP"AMF  dA .dMP  .dMP"    amr
 VP"    VMMMPVMMP"  dMP dMP   VMMMP"  dMMMMMP  dMP


____
From: dcb...@host0.colby.edu (David Berner)
"I've had this one for a long time.  I've forgotten where i got it."

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____
From: fer...@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
[Probably the best unicorn I've seen so far.]

                              /
                   __       //
                   -\= \=\ //
                 --=_\=---//=--
               -_==/  \/ //\/--
                ==/   /O   O\==--
   _ _ _ _     /_/    \  ]  /--
  /\ ( (- \    /       ] ] ]==-
 (\ _\_\_\-\__/     \  (,_,)--
(\_/                 \     \-
\/      /       (   ( \  ] /)
/      (         \   \_ \./ )
(       \         \      )  \
(       /\_ _ _ _ /---/ /\_  \
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  (   /   )   / /  /__ )   (  )
  (  )   / __/ '---`       / /
  \  /   \ \             _/ /
  ] ]     )_\_         /__\/
  /_\     ]___\
 (___)


____
From: Pur...@zeus.usq.edu.au (Red Phoenix)
[Here's a nice font, which I've used (in a modified form) for one of my sigs.]

   _____  __________ _________  ________   ______________________ ________
  /  _  \ \______   \\_   ___ \ \______ \  \_   _____/\_   _____//  _____/
 /  /_\  \ |    |  _//    \  \/  |    |  \  |    __)_  |    __) /   \  ___
/    |    \|    |   \\     \____ |    `   \ |        \ |     \  \    \_\  \
\____|__  /|______  / \______  //_______  //_______  / \___  /   \______  /
        \/        \/         \/         \/         \/      \/           \/
  ___ ___  .___      ____. ____  __..____        _____    _______   ________
 /   |   \ |   |    |    ||    |/ _||    |      /     \   \      \  \_____  \
/    ~    \|   |    |    ||      <  |    |     /  \ /  \  /   |   \  /   |   \
\    Y    /|   |/\__|    ||    |  \ |    |___ /    Y    \/    |    \/    |    \
 \___|_  / |___|\________||____|__ \|_______ \\____|__  /\____|__  /\_______  /
       \/                         \/        \/        \/         \/         \/
__________ ________  __________   ____________________ ____ ___ ____   ____
\______   \\_____  \ \______   \ /   _____/\__    ___/|    |   \\   \ /   /
 |     ___/ /  / \  \ |       _/ \_____  \   |    |   |    |   / \   Y   /
 |    |    /   \_/.  \|    |   \ /        \  |    |   |    |  /   \     /
 |____|    \_____\ \_/|____|_  //_______  /  |____|   |______/     \___/
                  \__>       \/         \/
 __      __ ____  ________.___.__________       ___.                       .___
/  \    /  \\   \/  /\__  |   |\____    /_____  \_ |__    ____   ____    __| _/
\   \/\/   / \     /  /   |   |  /     / \__  \  | __ \ _/ ___\_/ __ \  / __ |
 \        /  /     \  \____   | /     /_  / __ \_| \_\ \\  \___\  ___/ / /_/ |
  \__/\  /  /___/\  \ / ______|/_______ \(____  /|___  / \___  >\___  >\____ |
       \/         \_/ \/               \/     \/     \/      \/     \/      \/
  _____       .__     .__      __  __    .__
_/ ____\____  |  |__  |__|    |__||  | __|  |    _____    ____    ____
\   __\/ ___\ |  |  \ |  |    |  ||  |/ /|  |   /     \  /    \  /  _ \
 |  | / /_/  >|   Y  \|  |    |  ||    < |  |__|  Y Y  \|   |  \(  <_> )
 |__| \___  / |___|  /|__|/\__|  ||__|_ \|____/|__|_|  /|___|  / \____/
     /_____/       \/     \______|     \/            \/      \/
                                 __
______    _____________  _______/  |_  __ __ ___  ____  _  _____  ___ ___.__.
\____ \  / ____/\_  __ \/  ___/\   __\|  |  \\  \/ /\ \/ \/ /\  \/  /<   |  |
|  |_> >< <_|  | |  | \/\___ \  |  |  |  |  / \   /  \     /  >    <  \___  |
|   __/  \__   | |__|  /____  > |__|  |____/   \_/    \/\_/  /__/\_ \ / ____|
|__|        |__|            \/                                     \/ \/
         ____ ________  ________     _____  .________  _________________
________/_   |\_____  \ \_____  \   /  |  | |   ____/ /  _____/\______  \
\___   / |   | /  ____/   _(__  <  /   |  |_|____  \ /   __  \     /    /
 /    /  |   |/       \  /       \/    ^   //       \\  |__\  \   /    /
/_____ \ |___|\_______ \/______  /\____   |/______  / \_____  /  /____/
      \/              \/       \/      |__|       \/        \/
  ______  ________ _______     ___     /\._.   _____     _  _     ____/\__
 /  __  \/   __   \\   _  \   / _ \_/\ \(| |  / ___ \ __| || |__ /   / /_/
 >      <\____    //  /_\  \  \/ \___/   | | / / ._\ \\   __   / \__/ / \
/   --   \  /    / \  \_/   \             \|<  \_____/ |  ||  |  / / /   \
\______  / /____/   \_____  /             __ \_____\  /_  ~~  _\/_/ /__  /
       \/                 \/              \/            |_||_|    \/   \/
 _   /\   /\    ____                  ___  ___
/ \ / /  /  \  /  _ \    /\|\/\      /  /  \  \                     ______
\_// /_  \/\/  >  _ </\ _)    (__   /  /    \  \    ______         /_____/
  / // \      /  <_\ \/ \_     _/  (  (      )  )  /_____/         /_____/
 / / \_/      \_____\ \   )    \    \  \    /  /            ______
 \/                  \/   \/\|\/     \__\  /__/            /_____/
            /\     ._.  .____    ____.   ___  ___          /\/\/\   __  __
    .__     \ \    | |  |   _|  |_   |  / /    \ \  /\  /\ )/)/)/  / /  \ \
  __|  |___  \ \   |_|  |  |      |  |  \ \    / /  \/  \/        / /    \ \
 /__    __/   \ \  |-|  |  |      |  |  < <    > >  /\  /\        \ \    / /
    |__|       \ \ | |  |  |_    _|  |  / /    \ \  \/  )/         \_\  /_/
                \/ |_|  |____|  |____|  \_\_  _/_/
    _________      /\
    \_____   \    / /
       /   __/   / /
      |   |     / /
 /\ /\|___|    / /
 )/ \/<___>    \/


____
From: STE...@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Steven M Sullivan")


WWWW            WWWW    OOOOOOOOOOOOOO    WWWW            WWWW     !!!!
WWWW            WWWW    OOOOOOOOOOOOOO    WWWW            WWWW     !!!!
WWWW    WWWW    WWWW  OOOO          OOOO  WWWW    WWWW    WWWW     !!!!
WWWW    WWWW    WWWW  OOOO          OOOO  WWWW    WWWW    WWWW     !!!!
WWWW  WWWWWWWW  WWWW  OOOO          OOOO  WWWW  WWWWWWWW  WWWW     !!!!
WWWW  WWWWWWWW  WWWW  OOOO          OOOO  WWWW  WWWWWWWW  WWWW     !!!!
WWWWWWWW    WWWWWWWW  OOOO          OOOO  WWWWWWWW    WWWWWWWW
WWWWWWWW    WWWWWWWW  OOOO          OOOO  WWWWWWWW    WWWWWWWW
WWWWWW        WWWWWW    OOOOOOOOOOOOOO    WWWWWW        WWWWWW     !!!!
WWWWWW        WWWWWW    OOOOOOOOOOOOOO    WWWWWW        WWWWWW     !!!!


[This next one is from Steve's castle collection.]
    |>>>                                                      |>>>
    |                     |>>>          |>>>                  |
    *                     |             |                     *
   / \                    *             *                    / \
  /___\                 _/ \           / \_                 /___\
  [   ]                |/   \_________/   \|                [   ]
  [ I ]                /     \       /     \                [ I ]
  [   ]_ _ _          /       \     /       \          _ _ _[   ]
  [   ] U U |        {#########}   {#########}        | U U [   ]
  [   ]====/          \=======/     \=======/          \====[   ]
  [   ]    |           |   I |_ _ _ _| I   |           |    [   ]
  [___]    |_ _ _ _ _ _|     | U U U |     |_ _ _ _ _ _|    [___]
  \===/  I | U U U U U |     |=======|     | U U U U U | I  \===/
   \=/     |===========| I   | + W + |   I |===========|     \=/
    |  I   |           |     |_______|     |           |   I  |
    |      |           |     |||||||||     |           |      |
    |      |           |   I ||vvvvv|| I   |           |      |
_-_-|______|-----------|_____||     ||_____|-----------|______|-_-_
   /________\         /______||     ||______\         /________\
  |__________|-------|________\_____/________|-------|__________|
       Jeffrey T. Crites


[Nice font effect on this next one.]
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          g##       jN##    j##F     J##    _dN0"      "          g##L
        _#]##      _0 ##L  jN##F     ###   g#0"                 _03##L
       gE_j##      #  0## jF ##F    j##F  j##     ______       gE_j##L
     _0"""N##     d"  J##L0  ##F    0##   0##     "9##F"     _0"""5##L
   _gF    ]##    jF    ##0   ##F    ##F   `##k     d##     _gF    j##L
 _g#_    _j##L__g#__   ]N  _j##L_ _d##L_   `#Nh___g#N'   _g#_    _j##L_
`""""    """""'""""'    "  """""" """"""      """""""   `""""    """"""

     ________________________
    |                        |
    |                        |
    | __----__      __----__ |
    |/      * \    /      * \|
    |          |  |          |
  --|\        /    \        /|--
 /  | --____--      --____-- |  \
| (-|                        |-) |
 \  |.                      .|  /
  --/                        \--
   /                          \
    `--______________________--'
      \_|__|__|__|__|__|_|_/
        `---__      __---'
              )    (
[Even Bart likes the font, and he considers most of 'em to be BUAFs.]


        /\
       /  \
       \/\/
        ~|
       !~~-!
       |` ,!
       |'` |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
_______|___|_______
\                 /
 \_______________/
   Clinton James


____
From: Judy Anderson <ydu...@harlequin.com>
[Here's a sampling big bunch of ascii art Judy sent over.  Thanks Judy.]
"I don't *think* there's anything in here that will embarrass me!!!"
{Don't worry, I edited out all those nude ascii-gifs of you :-)]


[Nice turtle.]
                             ___-------___
                         _-~~             ~~-_
                      _-~                    /~-_
   /^\__/^\         /~  \                   /    \
 /|  O|| O|        /      \_______________/        \
| |___||__|      /       /                \          \
|          \    /      /                    \          \
|   (_______) /______/                        \_________ \
|         / /         \                      /            \
 \         \^\\         \                  /               \     /
   \         ||           \______________/      _-_       //\__//
     \       ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~   ~\    || __/
       ~-----||====/~     |==================|       |/~~~~~
        (_(__/  ./     /                    \_\      \.
               (_(___/                         \_____)_)


[Hey, look at the little man on the mechanical pencil. :-)]
    /\  ____
    <> ( oo )
    <>_| ^^ |_
    <>   @    \
   /~~\ . . _ |
  /~~~~\    | |
 /~~~~~~\/ _| |
 |[][][]/ / [m]
 |[][][[m]
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[|--|]|
 |[|  |]|
 ========
==========
|[[    ]]|
==========
[by the Cyberfox.]


"Whatever this is, it's a good rendering of it..."
[OK, Judy, I'll do the jokes around here. :-)]
                 _______
                / _____ \
          _____/ /     \ \_____
         / _____/  311  \_____ \
   _____/ /     \       /     \ \_____
  / _____/  221  \_____/  412  \_____ \
 / /     \       /     \       /     \ \
/ /  131  \_____/  322  \_____/  513  \ \
\ \       /     \       /     \       / /
 \ \_____/  232  \_____/  423  \_____/ /
 / /     \       /     \       /     \ \
/ /  142  \_____/  333  \_____/  524  \ \
\ \       /     \       /     \       / /
 \ \_____/  243  \_____/  434  \_____/ /
 / /     \       /     \       /     \ \
/ /  153  \_____/  344  \_____/  535  \ \
\ \       /     \       /     \       / /
 \ \_____/  254  \_____/  445  \_____/ /
  \_____ \       /     \       / _____/
        \ \_____/  355  \_____/ /
         \_____ \       / _____/
               \ \_____/ /
                \_______/



     \
     - \
     |   \
     |---- \
     |  KKB  \
     |---------\
      \          \
        \--------O-\
          \----^-|-^-\
            \___/_\____\
            __/_____\____\___/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The most beautiful shapes on earth were created by the wind."


     .    _    +     .  ______   .          .
  (      /|\      .    |      \      .   +
      . |||||     _    | |   | | ||         .
 .      |||||    | |  _| | | | |_||    .
    /\  ||||| .  | | |   | |      |       .
 __||||_|||||____| |_|_____________\__________
 . |||| |||||  /\   _____      _____  .   .
   |||| ||||| ||||   .   .  .         ________
  . \|`-'|||| ||||    __________       .    .
     \__ |||| ||||      .          .     .
  __    ||||`-'|||  .       .    __________
 .    . |||| ___/  ___________             .
    . _ ||||| . _               .   _________
 _   ___|||||__  _ \\--//    .          _
      _ `---'    .)=\oo|=(.   _   .   .    .
 _  ^      .  -    . \.|


                                                _
                  ___                          (_)
                _/XXX\
 _             /XXXXXX\_                                    __
 X\__    __   /X XXXX XX\                          _       /XX\__      ___
     \__/  \_/__       \ \                       _/X\__   /XX XXX\____/XXX\
   \  ___   \/  \_      \ \               __   _/      \_/  _/  -   __  -  \__/
  ___/   \__/   \ \__     \\__           /  \_//  _ _ \  \     __  /  \____//
 /  __    \  /     \ \_   _//_\___     _/    //           \___/  \/     __/
 __/_______\________\__\_/________\_ _/_____/_____________/_______\____/_______
                                   /|\
                                  / | \
                                 /  |  \
                                /   |   \
                               /    |    \
                              /     |     \
                             /      |      \
                            /       |       \
                           /        |        \
                          /         |         \


                                                                      ___--___
                                                                ___---___--___-
                                                          ___---___---        -
                                                    ___---___---
                                              ___---___---
                                        ___---___---
                                  ___---___---_________________________________
                                  =============================================
                                   ||||
                                   |-------------------------------------------
                                   |-___-----___-----___-----___-----___-----__
                                    / _ \===/ _ \   / _ \===/ _ \   / _ \===/ _
                                   ( (.\ oOo /.) ) ( (.\ oOo /.) ) ( (.\ oOo /.
                                    \__/=====\__/   \__/=====\__/   \__/=====\_
                                       |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
                                       |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
                                       |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
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       	       	       	       	       |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
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                                       |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
       	       	       	               |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
                                       (oOoOo)         (oOoOo)         (oOoOo)
       	       	                       J%%%%%L         J%%%%%L         J%%%%%L
                                      ZZZZZZZZZ       ZZZZZZZZZ       ZZZZZZZZZ
            Elmo de Abo,             ==========================================
          the God of Horns         __|_________________________________________


[Nice varianion on the castle theme.]
                  ^
                 / \
            ^   _|.|_   ^
          _|I|  |I .|  |.|_
          \II||~~| |~~||  /
           ~\~|~~~~~~~|~/~
             \|II I ..|/
        /\    |II.    |    /\
       /  \  _|III .  |_  /  \
       |-~| /(|I.I I  |)\ |~-|
     _/(I | +-----------+ |. )\_
     \~-----/____-~-____\-----~/
      |I.III|  /(===)\  |  .. |
      /~~~-----_________---~~~\
     `##########!\-#####%!!!!!| |\
    _/###########!!\~~-_##%!!!\_/|
    \##############!!!!!/~~-_%!!!!\
     ~)#################!!!!!/~~--\_
  __ /#####################%%!!!!/ /
  \,~\-_____##############%%%!!!!\/
  /!!!!\ \ \~-_###########%%%!!!!\
 /#####!!!!!!!\~-_#######%%%!!!!!!\_
/#############!!!\#########%%%!!!!!!\


____
From: emc...@iastate.edu (Bryan L Mccabe)
[Here are a few more cows.]


         o  o
         |__|             (__)             (__)
         (oo)             (oo)            =(oo)=         oo
  /-------\/       /-------vv       /-------\/
 / |     ||       / |     ||       / |     ||
*  ||----||      *  ||----||      *  ||----||
   ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~         ~~    ~~
 bill bixby        bela lugosi      boris karloff  claude rains
 male relative     cow              cow            cow
 cow


                                            (___)
       \^^^^^^^^\   (__)                    (o o)
        \^^^^^^^^\\ (oo)                     \ /
     *-----\_______\/\/                    \--O--/
   ^_______/   ---  \______^              // -----\
  ^--------\   \S/  /\_____^              \\/_^{} /==V===[]
            \______/                        \_____\\//
                                             \__/
It's a bird...                               //\\         The Boss
 It's a plane...                             //  \\   (Bruce Holstien)
                                             //   //
                                             ^^    ^^


                     (__)
                     (oo)
  /-------------------\/
 / |                 ||
*  ||----------------||
   ^^                ^^
Stretch Cow


____
From: Nve...@emr1.emr.ca (Normand Veilleux)
"The following heart was posted not too long ago by
jgr...@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu"

[Reposts a heart from 1.0.  And then posts the following anti-aliased version.
Nice.  Maybe some periods or commas instead of the underlines would be good.]

"Using some smoothing "magic" it was transformed into this:"

      _____           _____
  ,ad8PPPP88b,     ,d88PPPP8ba,
 d8P"      "Y8b, ,d8P"      "Y8b
dP'           "8a8"           `Yd
8(              "              )8
I8                             8I
 Yb,                         ,dP
  "8a,                     ,a8"
    "8a,                 ,a8"
      "Yba             adP"
        `Y8a         a8P'
          `88,     ,88'
            "8b   d8"  Normand
             "8b d8"   Veilleux
              `888'
                "


____
From: tar...@eng.umd.edu (Tara R. Scholtz)
"First off, I want to thank the two who sent me horse ascii pictures."

 ,~~_
 |/\ =_ _ ~
  _( )_( )\~~
  \,\  _|\ \~~~
     \`   \
     `    `

((^--__
| /\  --___ __
   (  /  \  ) \\
   / |~~~~/  \  \\
 /    \ /      \

 ,
/,`\
` | \____\\
 _(      ) \
 \-\~~~_|\  \
    \ `   \  `
    `     `


____
From: u2i...@teach.cs.keele.ac.uk (RJ Pomeroy)

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          (                 (                                           `

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  ||    ||    ||/\\    ||     %|| || ||   %||  /   ( / |  )    ||  |,
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                              _-         -_-  --%              ||

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 )         /         \ /


____
From: s11...@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Rowan Crawford)
"...I do realize that a snowman is a completely inappropriate picture for
me to use (it'll be up around 32 degrees C here at Crissy), but I like
snowmen."

            .-~~\
           /     \ _
           ~x   .-~_)_
             ~x".-~   ~-.
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         ||   T  o  o     Y  ||
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          |    l_l  Y T       |  -Row
          l      "o l_j       !
           \                 /
    ___,.---^.     o       .^---.._____
"~~~          "           ~            ~~~"


                 .
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           / _ `--"T~\/~\/
          / " ~\.  !
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   Y^|   |      |~~7
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   | `L  | Y .^/~T
   |  l  ! | |/| |
   | .`\/' | Y | !   Rowan Crawford.
   l  "~   j l j_L______
    \,____{ __"~ __ ,\_,\_
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Ok, here's another "unrelated to anything" pic:"
                       .

                        .
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       |    |  I   _________
       |    |  I c(`       ')o
       |    l  I   \.     ,/
     _/j  L l\_!  _//^---^\\_    -Row
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Aaaaand now another one. This time a 'wittle bunny 'wabbit:"
             ,
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          Y :|  //  /
          | jj /( .^
          >-"~"-v"
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     Y        /    Y    -Row
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     ]\      _\    /"\
    (" ~----( ~   Y.  )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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       .                                         .


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                \ /    `.    .     .^   \_.-~"~--.  )
                 (_/ .   `  /     /       !       )/
                  / / _.   '.   .':      /        '
                  ~(_/ .   /    _  `  .-<_
                    /_/ . ' .-~" `.  / \  \          ,z=.
                    ~( /   '  :   | K   "-.~-.______//
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                       //(     \  <    ~"~"     //
                      /' /\     \  \     ,v=.  ((
                    .^. / /\     "  }__ //===-  `
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                 .^ '       :  T  ~"   ll       -Row
                / .  .  . : | :!        \\
               (_/  /   | | j-"          ~^
                 ~-<_(_.^-~"


____
From: Nve...@emr1.emr.ca (Normand Veilleux)


      /\_/\
 /\  / o o \
//\\ \~(*)~/
`  \/   ^ /
   | \|| ||  Lara
   \ '|| ||  Allen
    \)()-())


     |\    o
    |  \    o
|\ /    .\ o
| |       (
|/ \     /
    |  /
     |/


  __________
 / ___  ___ \
/ / @ \/ @ \ \
\ \___/\___/ /\
 \____\/____/||
 /     /\\\\\//
 |     |\\\\\\
  \      \\\\\\
   \______/\\\\
    _||_||_
     -- --
    Unknown


      .---.        .-----------
     /     \  __  /    ------
    / /     \(  )/    -----
   //////   ' \/ `   ---
  //// / // :    : ---
 // /   /  /`    '--
//          //..\\
       ====UU====UU====
           '//||\\`
             ''``
        Daron Brewood


   ( )_____( )
    / O   O \
   |   (@)   |
   \    ~    /  Rick
    \ <}*{> /   Cox
 ___/  ___  \___
()___ /   \ ___()
    ( \___/ )
   /_ /   \ _\
  (__)     (__)

   /\___/\
   | o o |
  __\_^_/__
 (__/   \__)
  _|  .  |_
 (__\___/__)
R. Elizabeth A


____
From: loo...@cats.ucsc.edu (Jason Kenneth Loo)
[Here's more smileys for you.  It's a small sampling from the 'Unofficial
Smiley Dictionary'.  If you email him, he might send you the whole file.]
"Taken from a gopher server somewhere in the land of NEW YORK"

(-:   User is left handed

%-)   User has been staring at a green screen for 15 hours straight

8-)   User is wearing sunglasses

B:-)  Sunglasses on head

:-{}  User wears lipstick

{:-)  User wears a toupee

}:-(  Toupee in an updraft

:-*   User just ate something sour

:-)~  User drools

:<)   User is from an Ivy League School

:-X   User's lips are sealed

:-C   User is really bummed

:-/   User is skeptical

*<:-) User is wearing a Santa Claus Hat

[And finally...a rose by any other name would smell as ascii.]
---<--{(@  It's a Rose!


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